Karl Rahner

Karl Rahner (Known as "Father Rahner")

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Born Mar 05, 1904

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Passed Away Mar 30, 1984 Innsbruck, Austria

Lifespan 80 years old

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"The Christian of the future will be a mystic, or will not be at all."

Archival Overview

German Jesuit priest, Doctor of the Church, and principal theological architect of the Second Vatican Council whose transcendental Thomism formulated the 'Anonymous Christian'.

Biographical Record

Karl Rahner (1904–1984 CE) studied under Martin Heidegger before becoming one of the most prolific and influential Catholic thinkers of the twentieth century.

Appointed official council peritus (expert) by Pope John XXIII at Vatican II, his theological theology of grace posited that God's self-communication is universally present to all human beings seeking truth.

Key Life Milestones

1962

Architect of the Second Vatican Council

Influenced key conciliar constitutions, including Lumen Gentium and Dei Verbum, modernizing Catholic theology.

1976

Foundations of Christian Faith Published

Published 'Grundkurs des Glaubens', providing a unified systematic synthesis of modern Catholic theology.

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Final Resting Place

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Jesuit Church Crypt
Innsbruck, Austria

                         GPS: 47.2683, 11.3967                    

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